THANATOGENETIC ASPECTS OF TECHNICAL ELECTRICITY DAMAGES (CONDITION, ACTUAL ASPECTS, WAYS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11603/1811-2471.2020.v.i3.11576Keywords:
electric trauma, thanatogenesis, forensic diagnosticsAbstract
SUMMARY. Electrical trauma is currently one of the urgent problems of all branches of medicine and has important social significance due to the high mortality and significant disability of surviving patients. Forensic diagnosis of lethal outcomes of injuries caused by technical electricity is of particular importance, both in the investigation of cases and in substantiating the thanatogenesis of this condition. The article shows the relevance of studying the forensic diagnosis of lethal outcomes of injuries by technical electricity, which is of particular importance both in the investigation of cases and for the study and justification of the thanatogenetic aspects of injuries with technical electricity, as the least studied problem of modern forensic medicine.
The aim of the study – identification of relevant thanatogenetic aspects of injuries by technical electricity and determine ways to solve this problem.
Material and Methods. The scientific literature was studied, the conclusions (acts) of forensic medical research of corpses on electrical injury were analyzed.
Results. It was revealed that an objective sign of the action of electric current – electrometry is not determined on average in 20–40 % of cases, which causes objective difficulties for establishing thanatogenesis. The variability of the literature on morphology and the absence of characteristic features for establishing the thanatogenesis of electrical injury determine the need for further targeted studies of changes in the structures of the brain and heart, as the most affected systems can allow the development of criteria to substantiate the thanatogenesis of this condition.
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